On February 2, Beijing time, the Jazz played at home against the 76ers, and the Jazz lost to the 76ers 124-127 at the end of the game. Embiid was injured in the game against the Warriors, and now the 76ers have officially announced that according to the results of the MRI, Embiid has injured the lateral meniscus of his left knee. It can be said that Embiid's injury is a huge blow to the 76ers, and now Embiid doesn't want to compete for MVP, and it's really hard to say when Embiid will come back, and now the 76ers have also suffered 4 consecutive defeats and fell to the fifth place in the East, although Maxey can play in this game, but whether the 76ers can stop the decline is hard to say, after all, the current Jazz also urgently need to stop their decline, so both teams are bound to try to win this game.
In the first quarter of the game, the 76ers played a wave of 8-2, Sexton hit a three-point shot at the critical moment, and then Fontecchio counterattacked and scored a layup, seeing that the Jazz scored when Maxey scored to stabilize the situation, and the next game The two teams played fiercely, and the 76ers maintained a slight lead under Beverley and others, but at the end of the game, the Jazz tried to chase the score, but at the critical moment, Maxey counterattacked to help the 76ers stabilize the situation, and the Jazz fell behind by 7 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, under the leadership of Maxey, the 76ers have been stabilizing the Jazz, but under the play of Kessler and others, the Jazz did not let the 76ers completely open the score, and the next game relied on Olynyk, Markkanen and others Jazz once chased 1 point, but unfortunately after the Jazz not only had an offensive slump but also made mistakes, Oubre and Harris took the opportunity to help the 76ers lead again to 8 points. The 76ers continued to extend their lead late in the period, and the Jazz trailed by 10 points at halftime.
In the third quarter of the game, the Jazz played a wave of 7-0, at the critical moment Maxey scored to stop the decline, the next game was chaotic between the two teams, Reed scored 2+1 after the 76ers led by 6 points, and then Collins scored to stop the bleeding, and then the 76ers performed poorly, under the play of Clarkson and others, the Jazz successfully tied the score, although Maxey stepped forward to help the 76ers stabilize the situation, but Kessler continued to score at the end of the game, not to mention, Olynyk frequently caused kills and went to the free throw line to help Jazz tie the score, At the end of the third quarter, the two teams were tied. In the fourth quarter of the game, Korkmaz scored consecutive points to help the 76ers open the score again, but soon Clarkson responded to bite the score, and the next game The two teams played fiercely and the score was very stale, and the 76ers frequently hit iron at critical moments, Markkanen and Sexton hit three points after the Jazz led by 3 points, but soon Maxey and Beverley hit three points in response, and then the two teams frequently walked to the free throw line, and finally the 76ers narrowly beat the Jazz.
It's a pity for the Jazz to lose the game, after all, the Jazz and the 76ers played inextricably in this game, but in this game Clarkson is to blame, because Clarkson has a sluggish hand in this game, and Clarkson's three-point iron in the fourth quarter of the game also makes the Jazz uncomfortable, and at the last moment, Clarkson misses free throws, which makes the Jazz quite passive, and the Jazz have no choice but to lose. At the end of the game, Markkanen had 28 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Collins had 15 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, Sexton had 22 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists, and Clarkson had 16 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists, including 1 of 7 from the outside line.
On the other hand, when the 76ers were absent from the game, Maxey carried the banner of the team, and whenever the 76ers were in trouble, it was Maxey who stepped up, especially in the fourth quarter of the game, when the Jazz completed the overtake, Maxey hit three points with a big heart to help the 76ers tie the score, and finally under the leadership of Maxey, the 76ers won the game, and at the end of the game, Maxey got 51 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 17 of 27. And in this game, Beverley also made a contribution, after all, at the end of the fourth quarter, Beverley hit a three-point shot to help the 76ers complete the overtake, and Beverley also grabbed the rebound at the last moment, which completely buried the Jazz's hope of reversal, and Beverley got 8 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists at the end of the game. The Jazz lost the game to the Lakers as a big gift, originally the Jazz could continue to chase the Lakers if they won, but now that the Lakers beat the Celtics, the Jazz lost the game and was already 1 win behind.